- Everyone's waiting for the transit of Venus to eclipse the sun.
- Time to break out the popcorn and lounge chairs—this transit's about to take five hours.
- Lord Cheldthorpe gets antsy and wants to go "swimming" with Cassiopeia, but Druggett wants to join in, which gives Cassiopeia the opportunity to refuse (she's not into skinny-dipping with one man, let alone two).
- Lord Cheldthorpe feels kind of put out, but Druggett still offers to swim.
- In fact, Druggett is kind of persistent about swimming with Lord Cheldthorpe.
- Lord Cheldthorpe puts his foot down though and says no, claiming that swimming with Druggett would be way too close to slumming it.
- So instead Lord Cheldthorpe and Cassiopeia go off to the side and chat the hours away, while they all continue waiting for the eclipse.